After a while, Governor Su Wen stopped laughing. He coughed once, pretending to speak in a composed and calm tone: "Well, you've done very well with this matter. I will definitely reward you generously. Where are you now? I'll send someone to assist you immediately."

  "I'm at—" Jason was about to answer when Rulu pressed his palm over the microphone of the communicator and whispered beside Jason: "Tell him you want to deliver the person personally and take credit for it."

  Jason then said: "I wish to personally deliver the person to you, Governor. Since I accomplished this matter single-handedly, the credit should belong to me alone."

  After a moment of hesitation, Su Wen said: "Very well, come to East District, 23rd Street now. Contact me again when you arrive."

  "Yes, I'll come right away."

  Afterward, Su Wen terminated the communication with Jason. Rulu thought that the location Su Wen mentioned wasn't far from here—less than ten minutes by car. He immediately used his Spiritual-power to control Jason, and they left the building together. They found a red car by the roadside and drove to the street Su Wen had mentioned. The street was empty without a single person in sight. Rulu ordered Jason to contact Su Wen.

  "Governor, I've arrived. Where are you now?"

  "You're in that red car that just arrived, right? Now bring the person I want out of the car. I need to confirm if it's really her."

  "Uh, this..." Jason hesitated, because he hadn't brought the person Su Wen wanted and couldn't do this at all. Su Wen asked with confusion: "What's wrong? Didn't you say you've captured the person I want? Hurry up and bring them out."

  Rulu whispered: "Try to stall for time..."

  Jason then said: "The situation is that I've temporarily placed that person in a secure location. They're not here."

  "What are you playing at? Go and bring the person here immediately!" Su Wen was becoming impatient, his tone growing severe.

  "Yes, I'll bring the person right away. However, after this is done, I hope to receive a small fief in the Sanctuary, one hundred houses, and also..."

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  Su Wen suppressed his impatience and said: "Alright, alright, I'll report your requests to His Majesty the Emperor. Just hurry up and bring the person here."

  "I have another request. I hope..."

  "Will you ever stop? Watch yourself, or I'll punish you for this!"

  While Jason and Su Wen were bickering, Rulu was carefully observing the surroundings through the car window. He knew Su Wen must be hiding somewhere on this street. Suddenly, he noticed someone standing by an open window on the fifth floor of a building. This person's build was somewhat similar to Su Wen's, and he was looking down at the car from his window position.

  "Could that be Su Wen? Let's try." With this thought, Rulu quickly took the communication device from Jason's hand and, pointing at the person by the window, said: "Go grab that person for me."

  "Yes—" Jason looked at the person by the window, opened the car door, got out, and with a "whoosh" flew up to the fifth-floor window. He grabbed the chest of the person standing by the window ledge and dragged him out, landing beside the car. When Rulu looked at the person Jason had grabbed, he saw it was a middle-aged man with a build somewhat similar to Su Wen's, but not Su Wen himself.

  "Not good, grabbed the wrong person." Rulu's heart tightened. He told Jason to release the middle-aged man, who immediately fled in panic.

  At that moment, about ten humanoid armored troops and thirty to forty ordinary soldiers carrying guns appeared from somewhere, surrounding the red car. Meanwhile, Su Wen's angry voice came through the communicator: "Jason, you damned thing, are you trying to rebel? Bring me the person I want immediately, or I'll order your execution right now!"

  "This Jason is of no more use to me..." A cold gleam flashed in Rulu's eyes. He ducked down in the car, took out a button switch from his body, and pressed it hard.

  With a loud "boom," the bomb that had been pre-planted on Jason exploded violently, instantly blowing his body to pieces. The smoke from the explosion spread around the car, completely covering it. The soldiers who witnessed Jason's body exploding were all stunned, completely unclear about what had happened.

  Taking advantage of the soldiers' confusion, Rulu slipped out of the car under the cover of smoke and used wind to reach the rooftop of a nearby high building. Soon, some soldiers noticed Rulu's appearance. Someone pointed at Rulu and shouted: "Look! That person seems to be the assassin who attacked the Governor earlier!"

  With this shout, the soldiers' gazes all turned toward Rulu on the rooftop. Wearing a white smiling mask, Rulu looked down at the Sanctuary soldiers below and called out loudly: "Does anyone among you know where Governor Su Wen is? Tell me immediately."

  The crowd was stunned, and the soldiers didn't react. Rulu increased the intensity of his Spiritual-power and shouted angrily at the soldiers below: "Whoever knows where Governor Su Wen is, shoot and kill that Governor Su Wen!"

  At that moment, a soldier with a blank expression turned his head toward a building near the street and slowly raised his weapon. His action was immediately stopped by the soldiers beside him. Upon noticing this soldier's unusual behavior, Rulu quickly looked in the direction the soldier had been looking. He saw a figure flashing past the window on the fourth floor of the building, quickly hiding inside.